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To all whom it may concern.-

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fHU'eo ALFREoKRoTZsoH, or LEIPsio, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND'ARRANGING POSTAGE-STAMPS, do. 1 A I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,948, dated November 21. 1893.

Application filed June 8, 1893. Serial No. 476,988. (No model.) I

Be it known that LHUGO ALFRED KRoTzsoH, of 22 Lange Stras'se, Leipsic, in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Collecting and Arranging Postage -Stamps and other Similar Articles,-of whlch the following is a specification, reference being The present invention relates to an apparatus or receptacle for collecting postage stamps and other similar articles, being intended to register and protect the same. Its characteristic feature as compared with albums and collecting books hitherto used for that purpose is its adaptability toall the re-' quirements of the collector inasmuch as it allows the completion and enlargement of the collection or of supplementing it by'new issues whereby its use is rendered permanent while at the same time the stamps, 850., canbe inspected with greater facility both in detail and as a whole.

In order the more clearlyto describe the invention I will proceed to do so aided by the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure l is a plan view of the stamp col lecting receptacle when closed. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross sectionshowing the interior of the closed receptacle. Fig. 4 is a plan of the receptacle with the lid opened. Fig. 5 is an end view showing the parts in the similar position to Fig. 4:- Fig. 6 is aseotion on the line a:m of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a section on the line yy of Fig. 4. Fig. Sis a side elevation of the part A nearest to the end A Fig. 9 is a similar view ofthe part A nearest tothe end A".

The collecting receptacle is in the form of a box with a lid D and having sides marked respectively A A A and a bottom B. The

had therein to'the accompanying guide pieces M at the rear end A and adapt- ;ed to receive the tongues J of the false bottom 0, the latter being supported at its front end by means of pins K lodged in the rack bars -N adjoining the end A. The toothed bars or racks N are provided with hinges O.

P P are notches in the rear wall A? into which enter the aforesaid tongues J.

which turns on a fixed pin, and Ris a spring knife by means of which the paper strip unwound from the roller Q can be cut off while at the same time it also serves as a spring ,to hold the end of the strip on the roller.

The stamps are gummed on suitable sheets provided with the proper printed or written headings; .they are the same size as the false bottom 0, upon which they are piled. A suitable register at A allows an easy inspection of the whole collection. bars H of the false bottom 0 can be placed higher or lower according to the number of sheets in use and the lid D is intended, when closed, to press on the pile of sheets onthe said false bottom O. s

In order to place additional stamps orsheets into the collection it is'only necessary to lift the rear end of the false bottom 0 by means of the racks L, the tonguesJ J being hooked into the notches P P. This causes the rack N to turn on it's hinge O and, the false bottom 0 with the sheets lying thereon, being supported by the pins K in the rack N and by the hooksJ in the rack L, takes'an inclined position, asshown in Fig. 7, so as to facilitate the manipulation of the sheets.

The loosesheets are prevented from slipping by being in contact with the toothed bars or racks N, but for the purposes of inspection they are turned over and placed face down- Ward on the lid D between the plates E E. After having finished the Worker the inspection and all the. leaves having been, turned over and piled on the lid 1). thefalse bottom 0 should he placed back in its horizontal position and fixed inorder that the .who1e 1-eceptacle can now'be turned over on to the lid. 1'

By nowpressing the latter tight against the receptacle and turning. the'whole back soas to place the receptacle or file on its bottom D the collection will remain in proper order.

Q indicates a small roller of gummed paper,

The supporting accruing from the establishment of new states with new stamps, or from the introduction of new designs or issues for stamps in established countries, need only be interposed as supplementary sheets without having to re-arrange the orderof the original collection.

The extent of the collect-ion is altogether unlimited as it is always easy to add new. sheets for certain parts of or for the whole World.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A receptacle made up of side walls and a bottom plate, a false bottomO, toothed racks F, G, and bars H for supporting said bottom, a pivoted rack N, and a toothed slide L, the false bottom having projections engaging said rack and slide, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in presence of two witnesses.

HUGO ALFRED Kno'rzson. 

